Formula 1 World Championship 2003

Formula 1 World Championship 2003

World Champion
Driver:	Michael sSchumacher
Constructor:	Ferrari
Season dates
Number of races:	16
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Racing scene from the 2003 US GP

The later vice world champion Kimi Raikkonen at the French GP

The 2003 Formula 1 World Championship was the 54th season of the Formula 1 World Championship . It was held over 16 races between March 9th and October 12th.

The 2003 season was described as the most exciting season in a long time. Up to two races before the end of the World Championship, three drivers still had the opportunity to win the World Championship. Michael Schumacher finally won his 6th driver title. Ferrari won the Constructors Championship for the 5th time in a row.

Changes in 2003

Regulations

Starting this season, not only the six best placed drivers and teams will receive points per race, but the best eight. Placements 1 to 8 are rewarded with 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 points. This regulation was introduced to prevent the championship from being decided early in the season, as a driver can gain comparatively few championship points by winning. On the other hand, it took into account the fact that cars had become more and more reliable. Inferior teams often only had a chance to score points due to the failure of the top vehicles.

First tested at the US Grand Prix in 2002 , it was now mandatory for every driver to use the new HANS system at every official session.

Teams

Arrows was no longer able to contest further races in the middle of the 2002 season, and did not take part in 2003 either. The field of participants was thus reduced to 20 vehicles.

Engines

Jordan and Minardi switched engine partners and purchased Ford customer engines that were largely identical to the Cosworth engines used by the Jaguar team . With these changes, on the one hand the name Asiatech (Minardi) disappeared from Formula 1 after two seasons, while on the other hand the previous Jordan supplier Honda now fully concentrated on the BAR team.

Racetracks

The Belgian Grand Prix was not held this season, so the number of season races was reduced to 16.

driver

The 2003 season started with some changes in the team's driver line-up. The teams Minardi, Jaguar and Toyota changed all drivers.

Fernando Alonso went from a test driver to a regular driver at Renault as a replacement for Jenson Button , Button replaced Olivier Panis at BAR, and Panis switched to Toyota. The second new Toyota driver was Cristiano da Matta , replacing both Mika Salo and Allan McNish . McNish became a test driver at Renault.

Felipe Massa left Sauber and became a test driver for Ferrari, Massa's place at Sauber was occupied by Heinz-Harald Frentzen . Takuma Satō left the Jordan team and became a test driver at BAR, his position at Jordan was taken by Ralph Firman .

At Minardi, Alex Yoong was replaced by Jos Verstappen and Mark Webber by Justin Wilson , Webber took Eddie Irvine 's place last year at Jaguar, Antonio Pizzonia also replaced Pedro de la Rosa there .

During the current season there were further changes in the field of drivers: At Jaguar Antonio Pizzonia was replaced by Justin Wilson after the race in Great Britain. Nicolas Kiesa made his debut for Wilson at Minardi . In addition, at Jordan Ralph Firman was replaced by Zsolt Baumgartner for two races , and Williams test driver Marc Gené replaced the injured Ralf Schumacher at the race in Italy . Finally, at BAR Jacques Villeneuve was dismissed before the last race of the season, which Takuma Sato then denied for him.

Teams and drivers

image	team	chassis	engine	tires	No.	driver	run	Test / substitute driver
	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari F2002 Ferrari F2003-GA	Ferrari 3.0 V10	B.	1	Michael sSchumacher	1-16	Luca Badoer Felipe Massa
					2	Rubens Barrichello	1-16
	BMW WilliamsF1 Team	Williams FW25	BMW 3.0 V10	M.	3	Juan Pablo Montoya	1-16	Marc Gené Antonio Pizzonia Ricardo Sperafico
					4th	Ralf Schumacher	1-13, 15, 16
						Marc Gené	14th
	West McLaren Mercedes	McLaren MP4-17D	Mercedes-Benz 3.0 V10	M.	5	David Coulthard	1-16	Alexander Wurz
					6th	Kimi Raikkonen	1-16
	Mild Seven Renault F1 Team	Renault R23 Renault R23B	Renault 3.0 V10	M.	7th	Jarno Trulli	1-16	Allan McNish Franck Montagny
					8th	Fernando Alonso	1-16
	Clean Petronas	Clean C22	Petronas 3.0 V10	B.	9	Nick Heidfeld	1-16	Neel Jani
					10	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	1-16
	Jordan Ford	Jordan EJ13	Ford 3.0 V10	B.	11	Giancarlo Fisichella	1-16	Zsolt Baumgartner Satoshi Motoyama Björn Werdenheim
					12	Ralph Firman	1-12, 15, 16
						Zsolt Baumgartner	13, 14
	Jaguar Racing	Jaguar R4	Ford Cosworth 3.0 V10	M.	14th	Mark Webber	1-16	André Lotterer
					15th	Antonio Pizzonia	1-11
						Justin Wilson	12-16
	Lucky Strike BAR Honda	BAR 005	Honda 3.0 V10	B.	16	Jacques Villeneuve	1-15	Takuma Satō
						Takuma Satō	16
					17th	Jenson Button	1-16
	Minardi F1 team	Minardi PS03	Ford Cosworth 3.0 V10	B.	18th	Justin Wilson	1-11	Matteo Bobbi Gianmaria Bruni Nicolas Kiesa
						Nicolas Kiesa	12-16
					19th	Jos Verstappen	1-16
	Panasonic Toyota Racing	Toyota TF103	Toyota 3.0 V10	M.	20th	Olivier Panis	1-16	Ricardo Zonta
					21st	Cristiano da Matta	1-16

Racing calendar

No.	date	Grand Prix	route	Distance (km)	Pole position	Fastest race lap	winner	Overall leading driver	Overall leading designer
01	9th March	Australia	Albert Park Circuit	307,574	Michael sSchumacher	Kimi Raikkonen	David Coulthard	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes
02	March 23	Malaysia	Sepang International Circuit	310.408	Fernando Alonso	Michael sSchumacher	Kimi Raikkonen	Kimi Raikkonen
03	April 6th	Brazil	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	232.636	Rubens Barrichello	Rubens Barrichello	Giancarlo Fisichella
04th	20th of April	San Marino	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	305.606	Michael sSchumacher	Michael sSchumacher	Michael sSchumacher
05	May 4th	Spain	Circuit de Catalunya	307,323	Michael sSchumacher	Rubens Barrichello	Michael sSchumacher
06th	May 18	Austria	A1 ring	298,494	Michael sSchumacher	Michael sSchumacher	Michael sSchumacher		Ferrari
07th	June 1st	Monaco	Circuit de Monaco	260.520	Ralf Schumacher	Kimi Raikkonen	Juan Pablo Montoya		McLaren-Mercedes
08th	15th June	Canada	Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve	305.270	Ralf Schumacher	Fernando Alonso	Michael sSchumacher	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari
09	June 29th	Europe	Nürburgring	308,863	Kimi Raikkonen	Kimi Raikkonen	Ralf Schumacher
10	July 6th	France	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	308,586	Ralf Schumacher	Juan Pablo Montoya	Ralf Schumacher
11	20th of July	Great Britain	Silverstone Circuit	308,355	Rubens Barrichello	Rubens Barrichello	Rubens Barrichello
12	3rd August	Germany	Hockenheimring	306,458	Juan Pablo Montoya	Juan Pablo Montoya	Juan Pablo Montoya
13	August 24th	Hungary	Hungaroring	306.663	Fernando Alonso	Juan Pablo Montoya	Fernando Alonso
14th	September 14th	Italy	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	306.720	Michael sSchumacher	Michael sSchumacher	Michael sSchumacher
15th	September 28th	United States	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	306.106	Kimi Raikkonen	Michael sSchumacher	Michael sSchumacher
16	October 12th	Japan	Suzuka International Racing Course	307,573	Rubens Barrichello	Ralf Schumacher	Rubens Barrichello

Race reports

Australian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	David Coulthard	McLaren - Mercedes	1: 34: 42,124
2	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams - BMW	+ 8.675
3	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren-Mercedes	+ 9.192
4th	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	+ 9.482
5	Jarno Trulli	Renault	+ 38.801
6th	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Clean Petronas	+ 43.928
7th	Fernando Alonso	Renault	+ 45.074
8th	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	+ 45.745

The Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne ( Australia ) took place on March 9, 2003 and went over 58 laps of 5.303 km over a total of 307.574 km.

Michael Schumacher secured the first pole position of the season ahead of Barrichello and Montoya. Since the track was wet at the start of the race, the choice of tires was crucial for the start. Most of the drivers started with rain tires, but had to make their first pit stop shortly after the start because the track quickly became drier.

Schumacher forgave the lead due to a driving error in which he lost the side wind deflectors of his car. Because of the damage, he had to make an unscheduled pit stop. After Montoya, who was then in the lead, also made a driving error, David Coulthard was able to win the race. Kimi Räikkönen drove the fastest race lap with 1: 27.724 minutes.

Barrichello was eliminated on the sixth lap due to a driving error. Heidfeld dropped out on lap 21 due to a break in the right front suspension. Since Fisichella, Pizzonia, Panis, Wilson, Webber, Matta and Firman could not finish the race, only 11 riders crossed the finish line.

Since David Coulthard started in Formula 1 up to and including 2008, it was by no means foreseeable at this point that this would be his last victory.

Malaysian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren - Mercedes	1: 32: 22.195
2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	+ 39.286
3	Fernando Alonso	Renault	+1: 04.007
4th	Ralf Schumacher	Williams - BMW	+1: 28.026
5	Jarno Trulli	Renault	+ 1 lap
6th	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	+ 1 lap
7th	Jenson Button	BAR Honda	+ 1 lap
8th	Nick Heidfeld	Clean Petronas	+ 1 lap

The Malaysian Grand Prix in Kuala Lumpur took place on March 23, 2003 and went over 56 laps of 5.543 km over a total of 310.408 km.

Alonso had reached pole position in qualifying ahead of Trulli and Michael Schumacher. Schumacher tried to overtake Trulli in the first corner after the start and collided with him. Since the car was damaged, he had to make an unscheduled pit stop. He also received a penalty from the race management for causing the accident and therefore had to drive through the pit lane again. Although he was able to set the fastest race lap with 1: 36.412 minutes, in the end result it was only enough for him to finish 6th.

Raikkonen took the lead on lap 15 and didn't give the competition a chance due to a faultless race. He won with a clear lead over Barrichello and took the lead in the drivers' championship with his first victory in Formula 1.

Minardi drew attention to itself with a protest against the Iraq war that started three days before the race : the cars were given stickers with the slogan Malaysia for Peace .

Brazilian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan - Ford	1: 31: 17.748
2	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren - Mercedes	+ 0.945
3	Fernando Alonso	Renault	+ 6.348
4th	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	+ 8.096
5	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Clean Petronas	+ 8.642
6th	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR - Honda	+ 16.054
7th	Ralf Schumacher	Williams - BMW	+ 38.526
8th	Jarno Trulli	Renault	+ 45.927

The Brazilian Grand Prix in São Paulo took place on April 6, 2003. As planned, the distance to be driven would have been 71 laps of 4.309 km each. However, the race was stopped after 54 laps, so the total distance was 232.686 km.

The route was partially flooded by heavy rain. This led to numerous accidents and failures among the drivers. The fastest in training Rubens Barrichello (1: 13,807 minutes) led in his home Grand Prix and also drove the fastest lap of the race in 1: 22,032 minutes, but had to park his car with an empty tank on lap 46. Michael Schumacher slipped on a puddle on lap 27, crashed into a pile of tires and had to end the race. This was Schumacher's first failure since the 2001 German Grand Prix . A total of ten of the 20 participating drivers had already been eliminated by the 50th lap.

During the 56th lap, the race management stopped the race after another serious accident. At the start of the start and finish straight, Mark Webber crashed into the boundary wall. Shortly afterwards, Alonso's Renault got out of control when it was unable to avoid one of the jaguar's torn wheels. Due to the abandonment of the race, Fisichella finally drove into the pit lane, where his car suffered an engine failure and caught fire; due to the premature end of the race, however, this was irrelevant for the rating.

The regulations stipulated that in the event of a race being canceled, the order of the drivers two laps before the cancellation was decisive. Due to a computer error, the race management had contradicting information about the exact point in time Fisichella crossed the finish line and finally mistakenly assumed that he was still on the 55th lap when the race was abandoned. This made the stand on lap 53 the official result of the race and therefore Raikkonen declared the winner. The next day, however, it turned out that Fisichella had already started the 56th round and thus the order in the 54th round was decisive. In this Fisichella was already in the lead and was subsequently declared the winner.

It was not until 2016 that it became known that soapy liquids were being washed out at irregular intervals at the bend where most drivers turned, so that the asphalt became slippery at this point.

San Marino Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 28: 12.058
2	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren - Mercedes	+ 1.882
3	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	+ 2.291
4th	Ralf Schumacher	Williams - BMW	+ 8.803
5	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	+ 9.411
6th	Fernando Alonso	Renault	+ 43.689
7th	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	+ 45.271
8th	Jenson Button	BAR Honda	+ 1 lap

The Grand Prix of San Marino in Imola took place on April 20, 2003 and went over 62 laps of 4.933 km over a total of 305.609 km.

In qualifying, Michael Schumacher reached pole position in front of his brother Ralf and his team-mate Barrichello. Elisabeth Schumacher, the mother of Michael and Ralf, died in the early morning hours of April 20th. Nevertheless, the brothers decided to drive the race. Ralf Schumacher had the better start and took the lead. Ralf was able to defend the lead until his first pit stop on lap 16. Since Michael’s stop a short time later was shorter, he was able to overtake his brother.

In contrast to their rivals, the McLaren-Mercedes drivers Raikkonen and Coulthard pursued a strategy with only two pit stops. Michael Schumacher was able to regain the lead over Räikkönen with two very short further stops and in the last race with the Ferrari F2002 from the previous year he achieved not only the fastest race lap of 1: 22.491 minutes but also his first win of the season.

Spanish Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 33: 46.933
2	Fernando Alonso	Renault	+ 5.716
3	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	+ 18.001
4th	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams - BMW	+1: 02.022
5	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	+ 1 lap
6th	Cristiano da Matta	Toyota	+ 1 lap
7th	Mark Webber	Jaguar - Cosworth	+ 1 lap
8th	Ralph Firman	Jordan - Ford	+ 2 round

The Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona took place on May 4th, 2003 and went over 65 laps over a total of 307.323 km.

In qualifying, the two Ferrari drivers took the front row seats. Renault drivers Alonso and Trulli were able to place themselves behind Schumacher and Barrichello.

Schumacher won the race in the new Ferrari F2003-GA ahead of Alonso, while the McLaren-Mercedes team could not bring a driver to the finish due to the accidents of Raikkonen with Pizzonia at the start and Coulthard with Button in the 17th lap.

The Williams-BMW drivers Montoya and Ralf Schumacher could not achieve the podium places, even though, unlike the Ferrari and Renault drivers, they had a two-stop strategy. Barrichello drove the fastest race lap with 1: 20.143 minutes.

Grand Prix of Austria

space	driver	team	time
1	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 24: 04.888
2	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren - Mercedes	+ 3.362
3	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	+ 3.951
4th	Jenson Button	BAR Honda	+ 42.243
5	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	+ 59.740
6th	Ralf Schumacher	Williams - BMW	+ 1 lap
7th	Mark Webber	Jaguar - Cosworth	+ 1 lap
8th	Jarno Trulli	Renault	+ 1 lap

The Austrian Grand Prix in Spielberg took place on May 18, 2003 and went over 69 laps over a total of 298.494 km.

The start of the race had to be canceled twice due to technical problems with the Toyota driver da Matta. This reduced the scheduled race distance from 71 to 69 laps.

During the race it started to rain which made the road very slippery. Nevertheless, an accident was the only cause of the failure of Frentzen. This accident happened on the first lap when the track was still dry. The failures of the drivers Verstappen, Panis, Montoya, Alonso, Heidfeld and Fisichella were all due to technical defects.

At Michael Schumacher's first pit stop, there was a problem with refueling, as a result of which the car caught fire. The mechanics were able to extinguish the fire without anyone being injured, but Schumacher lost valuable time and lost the lead. Schumacher was still able to win the race and also drove the fastest race lap with 1: 08.337 minutes.

Monaco Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams - BMW	1: 42: 19.010
2	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren - Mercedes	+ 0.602
3	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	+ 1.720
4th	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	+ 28,518
5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	+ 36.251
6th	Jarno Trulli	Renault	+ 40.972
7th	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	+ 41.227
8th	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	+ 53.266

The Monaco Grand Prix in Monte Carlo took place on June 1, 2003 and ran over 78 laps over a total of 260.520 km.

Montoya was able to convert his third starting place behind Ralf Schumacher and Räikkönen into the second Grand Prix victory of his career. For Williams it was the first win since the Malaysia Grand Prix in 2002 .

At the start, Schumacher was able to defend the lead without any problems. The fact that he had to make a pit stop as the first driver in the leading group became a disadvantage, as Montoya was able to use this time to build such a large gap that he was still in the lead after his pit stop. Since Raikkonen and Michael Schumacher also succeeded in a similar approach, Ralf Schumacher finally only achieved 4th place.

Raikkonen achieved the fastest race lap with 1: 14.545 minutes. Despite the failures of Villeneuve, Wilson, Verstappen, Webber, Pizzonia and Frentzen, 13 of the 19 riders who started made it to the finish.

Canadian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 31: 13.591
2	Ralf Schumacher	Williams - BMW	+ 0.754
3	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	+ 1.355
4th	Fernando Alonso	Renault	+ 4.481
5	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	+1: 04.481
6th	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren - Mercedes	+1: 10.502
7th	Mark Webber	Jaguar - Cosworth	+ 1 lap
8th	Olivier Panis	Toyota	+ 1 lap

The Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal took place on June 15, 2003 and went over 70 laps for a total of 305.270 km.

The Williams-BMW drivers Ralf Schumacher and Montoya started the race from the front row. Räikkönen had to start from the pit lane due to a driving error in qualifying. He was able to improve by a few places in the race and finally finished sixth. His team-mate Coulthard, like the two Sauber drivers Frentzen and Heidfeld, was out due to technical problems.

At the end of the first lap, a lathe operator from Montoya led to a successful overhaul by Michael Schumacher and Alonso. Ralf Schumacher made his first refueling stop one lap before his brother. Since Michael Schumacher was able to gain a certain lead on this lap, this enabled him to overtake. Despite later braking problems on the Ferrari, he was able to save the lead right through to the finish.

Grand Prix of Europe

space	driver	team	time
1	Ralf Schumacher	Williams - BMW	1: 34: 43.622
2	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	+ 16.821
3	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	+ 39.673
4th	Fernando Alonso	Renault	+1: 05.731
5	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	+1: 06.162
6th	Mark Webber	Jaguar - Cosworth	+ 1 lap
7th	Jenson Button	BAR Honda	+ 1 lap
8th	Nick Heidfeld	Clean Petronas	+ 1 lap

The European Grand Prix at the Nürburgring took place on June 29, 2003 and covered 60 laps over a total of 308.863 km.

In contrast to the previous race, the Williams-BMW drivers Schumacher and Montoya started from the second row behind Raikkonen and Michael Schumacher. However, they were able to convert these starting positions into podium places one and two. Ralf Schumacher drove flawlessly and was able to overtake his brother at the start. An engine failure by Raikkonen on the 25th lap gave him the lead that he was able to keep until the finish line. Raikkonen had previously achieved the fastest race lap with 1: 32.621 minutes.

Montoya was able to achieve his podium in a tough duel against Michael Schumacher. The drive almost ended in a collision for both of them shortly before the end, but only Schumacher turned off the track and was pushed back onto the road by the marshals.

French Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Ralf Schumacher	Williams - BMW	1: 30: 49.213
2	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	+ 13.813
3	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	+ 19,568
4th	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren - Mercedes	+ 38.047
5	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	+ 40.289
6th	Mark Webber	Jaguar - Cosworth	+1: 06.380
7th	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	+ 1 lap
8th	Olivier Panis	Toyota	+ 1 lap

The French Grand Prix in Magny-Cours took place on July 6, 2003 and went over 70 laps over a total of 308.586 km.

In qualifying Ralf Schumacher was able to reach pole position ahead of Montoya and Michael Schumacher. It was precisely in this order that they occupied the podium at the end of the race.

Ralf Schumacher completed a sovereign race and was able to set himself further and further apart from both his team-mate Montoya and the other competitors. This was his second success of the season. Montoya drove the fastest race lap with 1: 15.512 minutes.

With Trulli, Alonso, Fisichella and Button there were only four failures. While the two Renault drivers and the Jordan driver both retired with engine damage, Button ran out of fuel on lap 21.

Great Britain Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1: 28: 37.554
2	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams - BMW	+ 5.462
3	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren - Mercedes	+ 10.656
4th	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	+ 25.648
5	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	+ 36.827
6th	Jarno Trulli	Renault	+ 43.067
7th	Cristiano da Matta	Toyota	+ 45.085
8th	Jenson Button	BAR Honda	+ 45.478

The Great Britain Grand Prix at Silverstone took place on July 20, 2003 and went over 60 laps for a total of 308.355 km.

Rubens Barrichello was able to take pole position in qualifying ahead of Jarno Trulli and Kimi Räikkönen . The race was also dominated by Barrichello and he also drove the fastest lap of the race with a time of 1: 22.236 minutes.

With Fernando Alonso , Giancarlo Fisichella and Antonio Pizzonia , only three drivers who had started were out with technical problems. All the other 17 drivers were able to finish the race.

During the race, one of the spectators, the priest Cornelius Horan , known as a sports provocateur , ran out onto the slopes in a tartan skirt and put both himself and the racing drivers in danger. With a lot of luck, all drivers were able to avoid him, the spectator was removed from the race track by marshals. He was then arrested and given a prison term.

Grand Prix of Germany

space	driver	team	time
1	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams - BMW	1: 28: 48.769
2	David Coulthard	McLaren - Mercedes	+ 55.459
3	Jarno Trulli	Renault	+1: 09.060
4th	Fernando Alonso	Renault	+1: 09.344
5	Olivier Panis	Toyota	+ 1 lap
6th	Cristiano da Matta	Toyota	+ 1 lap
7th	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	+ 1 lap
8th	Jenson Button	BAR Honda	+ 1 lap

The German Grand Prix in Hockenheim took place on August 3, 2003 and went over 67 laps over a total of 306.458 km.

Juan Pablo Montoya took first place on the grid ahead of Ralf Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello . A serious accident occurred at the start in which some racing drivers were involved. For Ralf Schumacher, Rubens Barrichello, Kimi Räikkönen , Heinz-Harald Frentzen , Justin Wilson and Ralph Firman it meant the premature end of the race.

Montoya was able to lead the race unhindered, set the fastest race lap in 1: 14.917 minutes and ultimately win. Michael Schumacher took second place for a short time, until four laps before the end of the race a puncture forced him to make another pit stop, so that he only achieved seventh place.

Hungarian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1: 39: 01.460
2	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren - Mercedes	+ 16.768
3	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams - BMW	+ 34.537
4th	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	+ 35.620
5	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	+ 56.535
6th	Mark Webber	Jaguar - Cosworth	+1: 12.643
7th	Jarno Trulli	Renault	+ 1 lap
8th	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	+ 1 lap

The Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest took place on August 24, 2003 and went over 70 laps over a total of 306.663 km.

In qualifying, Fernando Alonso took pole position ahead of Ralf Schumacher and Mark Webber . Alonso was able to convert his starting position into his first victory in a Formula 1 race. At the age of 22, he was the youngest race winner to date and also the first Spaniard to win a Formula 1 race.

Michael Schumacher could only reach eighth place. Kimi Raikkonen , on the other hand, improved his chances in the World Cup with his second place. With one point ahead of Montoya and two points ahead of Raikkonen, Schumacher led the drivers' standings just barely.

Italian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 14: 19.838
2	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams - BMW	+ 5.294
3	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	+ 11.835
4th	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren - Mercedes	+ 12.834
5	Marc Gené	Williams-BMW	+ 27.891
6th	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR Honda	+ 1 lap
7th	Mark Webber	Jaguar - Cosworth	+ 1 lap
8th	Fernando Alonso	Renault	+ 1 lap

The Italian Grand Prix in Monza took place on September 14, 2003 and went over 53 laps over a total of 306.720 km.

Michael Schumacher took first place on the grid ahead of Juan Pablo Montoya and Rubens Barrichello. The drivers were able to finish the race in exactly the same order. Schumacher also set the fastest race lap with 1: 21.832 minutes.

With David Coulthard, Olivier Panis, Jos Verstappen, Jenson Button, Cristiano da Matta, Justin Wilson and Jarno Trulli, seven drivers dropped out prematurely with technical defects.

United States Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 33: 35.997
2	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren - Mercedes	+ 18.258
3	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Clean Petronas	+ 37.964
4th	Jarno Trulli	Renault	+ 48.329
5	Nick Heidfeld	Clean Petronas	+ 56.403
6th	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams - BMW	+ 1 lap
7th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan - Ford	+ 1 lap
8th	Justin Wilson	Jaguar - Cosworth	+ 2 rounds

The US Grand Prix in Indianapolis took place on September 28, 2003 and went over 73 laps for a total of 306.106 km.

In qualifying Kimi Raikkonen took pole position ahead of Rubens Barrichello and Olivier Panis.

The race was heavily influenced by the rain. Michael Schumacher was able to win the race from seventh place on the grid. Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Nick Heidfeld also coped very well with the wet conditions. Frentzen was third, Heidfeld was able to reach fifth place. Juan Pablo Montoya lost the World Championship in the penultimate race after his sixth place and now 10 points behind Schumacher.

Michael Schumacher drove the fastest race lap in 1: 11.473 minutes.

Japanese Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1: 25: 11.740
2	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren - Mercedes	+ 11.085
3	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	+ 11.614
4th	Jenson Button	BAR Honda	+ 33.106
5	Jarno Trulli	Renault	+ 34.269
6th	Takuma Satō	BAR Honda	+ 51.692
7th	Cristiano da Matta	Toyota	+ 56.794
8th	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	+ 59.487

The Japanese Grand Prix in Suzuka took place on October 12, 2003 and went over 53 laps for a total of 307.573 km.

The first three starting positions were occupied by Rubens Barrichello , Juan Pablo Montoya and Cristiano da Matta . Michael Schumacher started from 14th place, Kimi Räikkönen from 8th place. Barrichello was overtaken by Montoya on the first lap. Alonso also got very close to him.

In the sixth lap, Michael Schumacher collided with Takuma Satō and then had to pick up a new front spoiler in the pit. As a result, he fell back to last place. Montoya had to end the race early after a technical defect on the ninth lap.

Since Raikkonen did not get beyond second place and Schumacher also achieved a world championship point with eighth place, Schumacher was able to secure the title of the drivers’s world championship with a two point lead.

Qualifying duels

driver : driver  Ferrari  Michael sSchumacher 10: 6 (18:14)  Rubens Barrichello  Williams-BMW  Juan Pablo Montoya 6: 9 (14:17)  Ralf Schumacher 1: 0 (1: 0)  Marc Gené  McLaren-Mercedes  David Coulthard 6:10 (12:20)  Kimi Raikkonen  Renault  Jarno Trulli 8: 8 (19:13)  Fernando Alonso  Clean Petronas  Nick Heidfeld 9: 7 (18:14)  Heinz-Harald Frentzen  Jordan Ford  Giancarlo Fisichella 12: 2 (23: 6)  Ralph Firman 2: 0 (3: 0)  Zsolt Baumgartner

driver : driver  Jaguar Cosworth  Mark Webber 8: 3 (18: 4)  Antonio Pizzonia 5: 0 (10: 0)  Justin Wilson  BAR Honda  Jacques Villeneuve 7: 8 (11:19)  Jenson Button  Takuma Satō 0: 1 (1: 1)  Minardi-Cosworth  Justin Wilson 4: 6 (5:16)  Jos Verstappen  Nicolas Kiesa 0: 5 (2: 8)  Toyota  Olivier Panis 13: 3 (25: 7)  Cristiano da Matta

Double qualifying sessions took place on every race weekend. The results of the double qualifying sessions are shown in brackets.

World championship ratings

Driver ranking of the 2003 Formula 1 season

The world champion is the driver or designer who has accumulated the most points in the world championship by the end of the season. When distributing points, the placements are taken into account in the overall result of the respective race. The eight first-placed drivers in each race receive points according to the following scheme:

Distribution of points
space	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th
Points	10	8th	6th	5	4th	3	2	1

Driver ranking

Item	driver	constructor																	Points
01	M. Schumacher	Ferrari	4th	6th	DNF	1	1	1	3	1	5	3	4th	7th	8th	1	1	8th	93
02	K. Raikkonen	McLaren-Mercedes	3	1	2	2	DNF	2	2	6th	DNF	4th	3	DNF	2	4th	2	2	91
03	J. Montoya	Williams-BMW	2	12	DNF	7th	4th	DNF	1	3	2	2	2	1	3	2	6th	DNF	82
04th	R. Barrichello	Ferrari	DNF	2	DNF	3	3	3	8th	5	3	7th	1	DNF	DNF	3	DNF	1	65
05	R. Schumacher	Williams-BMW	8th	4th	7th	4th	5	6th	4th	2	1	1	9	DNF	4th	INJ	DNF	12	58
06th	F. Alonso	Renault	7th	3	3	6th	2	DNF	5	4th	4th	DNF	DNF	4th	1	8th	DNF	DNF	55
07th	D. Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1	DNF	4th	5	DNF	5	7th	DNF	15th	5	5	2	5	DNF	DNF	3	51
08th	J. Trulli	Renault	5	5	8th	13	DNF	8th	6th	DNF	DNF	DNF	6th	3	7th	DNF	4th	5	33
09	J. Button	BAR Honda	10	7th	DNF	8th	9	4th	DNS	DNF	7th	DNF	8th	8th	10	DNF	DNF	4th	17th
10	M. Webber	Jaguar Cosworth	DNF	DNF	9 *	DNF	7th	7th	DNF	7th	6th	6th	14th	11 *	6th	7th	DNF	11	17th
11	H. Frentzen	Clean Petronas	6th	9	5	11	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	9	12	12	DNF	DNF	13	3	DNF	13
12	G. Fisichella	Jordan Ford	12 *	DNF	1	15th	DNF	DNF	10	DNF	12	DNF	DNF	13 *	DNF	10	7th	DNF	12
13	C. da Matta	Toyota	DNF	11	10	12	6th	10	9	11	DNF	11	7th	6th	11	DNF	9	7th	10
14th	N. Heidfeld	Clean Petronas	DNF	8th	DNF	10	10	DNF	11	DNF	8th	13	17th	10	9	9	5	9	6th
15th	O. Panis	Toyota	DNF	DNF	DNF	9	DNF	DNF	13	8th	DNF	8th	11	5	DNF	DNF	DNF	10	6th
16	J. Villeneuve	BAR Honda	9	DNS	6th	DNF	DNF	12	DNF	DNF	DNF	9	10	9	DNF	6th	DNF		6th
17th	M. Gené	Williams-BMW														5			4th
18th	T. Satō	BAR Honda																6th	3
19th	R. Firman	Jordan Ford	DNF	10	DNF	DNF	8th	11	12	DNF	11	15th	13	DNF	DNS		DNF	14th	1
20th	J. Wilson	Minardi-Cosworth	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	11	13	DNF	DNF	13	14th	16						1
		Jaguar Cosworth												DNF	DNF	DNF	8th	13
21st	A. Pizzonia	Jaguar Cosworth	13	DNF	DNF	14th	DNF	9	DNF	10	10	10	DNF						0
22nd	J. Verstappen	Minardi-Cosworth	11	13	DNF	DNF	12	DNF	DNF	9	14th	16	15th	DNF	12	DNF	10	15th	0
23	N. Kiesa	Minardi-Cosworth												12	13	12	11	16	0
24	Z. Baumgartner	Jordan Ford													DNF	11			0

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Constructors' championship

Item	constructor	No.																	Points
01	Ferrari	01	4th	6th	DNF	1	1	1	3	1	5	3	4th	7th	8th	1	1	8th	158
		02	DNF	2	DNF	3	3	3	8th	5	3	7th	1	DNF	DNF	3	DNF	1
02	Williams-BMW	03	2	12	DNF	7th	4th	DNF	1	3	2	2	2	1	3	2	6th	DNF	144
		04th	8th	4th	7th	4th	5	6th	4th	2	1	1	9	DNF	4th	5	DNF	12
03	McLaren-Mercedes	05	1	DNF	4th	5	DNF	5	7th	DNF	15th	5	5	2	5	DNF	DNF	3	142
		06th	3	1	2	2	DNF	2	2	6th	DNF	4th	3	DNF	2	4th	2	2
04th	Renault	07th	5	5	8th	13	DNF	8th	6th	DNF	DNF	DNF	6th	3	7th	DNF	4th	5	88
		08th	7th	3	3	6th	2	DNF	5	4th	4th	DNF	DNF	4th	1	8th	DNF	DNF
05	BAR Honda	16	9	DNS	6th	DNF	DNF	12	DNF	DNF	DNF	9	10	9	DNF	6th	DNF	6th	26th
		17th	10	7th	DNF	8th	9	4th	DNS	DNF	7th	DNF	8th	8th	10	DNF	DNF	4th
06th	Clean Petronas	09	DNF	8th	DNF	10	10	DNF	11	DNF	8th	13	17th	10	9	9	5	9	19th
		10	6th	9	5	11	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	9	12	12	DNF	DNF	13	3	DNF
07th	Jaguar Cosworth	14th	DNF	DNF	9 *	DNF	7th	7th	DNF	7th	6th	6th	14th	11 *	6th	7th	DNF	11	18th
		15th	13	DNF	DNF	14th	DNF	9	DNF	10	10	10	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	8th	13
08th	Toyota	20th	DNF	DNF	DNF	9	DNF	DNF	13	8th	DNF	8th	11	5	DNF	DNF	DNF	10	16
		21st	DNF	11	10	12	6th	10	9	11	DNF	11	7th	6th	11	DNF	9	7th
09	Jordan Ford	11	12 *	DNF	1	15th	DNF	DNF	10	DNF	12	DNF	DNF	13 *	DNF	10	7th	DNF	13
		12	DNF	10	DNF	DNF	8th	11	12	DNF	11	15th	13	DNF	DNF	11	DNF	14th
10	Minardi-Cosworth	18th	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	11	13	DNF	DNF	13	14th	16	12	13	12	11	16	0
		19th	11	13	DNF	DNF	12	DNF	DNF	9	14th	16	15th	DNF	12	DNF	10	15th

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Web links

Commons : Formula 1 season 2003  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official Formula 1 website Results Season 2003 (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Fisichella awarded Brazil win , BBC Sport, April 11, 2003; Accessed May 6, 2020
2. ↑ One race, two winners , auto motor und sport from March 15, 2019; Accessed May 6, 2020